Post Game Thoughts: Lakers vs. Pelicans

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The Lakers are clearly back to their winning ways after beating the Pelicans 123-113 on Friday night. The win was the Lakers 4th in a row, basically nixing their 4-game losing streak that directly preceded this stretch to bring the team back to 21 games over .500 for the season.

The game itself was not as gross as the Suns game, but it was approaching that. The Lakers truly controlled this game all the way through, leading by 12 after the 1st quarter and at the half. In the 3rd quarter the Lakers broke the game open, taking a 22 point lead into the 4th quarter. Then…well…things went sideways. Again. In that final period the Lakers were outscored 30-18, mostly because the bench units…